Month: April 2017

a too great obsequiousness or abjection of oneself, which would be an excess of humility. This might easily be derogatory to a man’s office or holy character; or it might serve only to pamper pride in others, by unworthy flattery, which would occasion their sins of tyranny, arbitrariness, and arrogance.

The virtue of humility may not be practised in any external way which would occasion such vices or acts in others.

Meekness isn’t letting people walk all over you, as shown in another blog post (Meek in Greek).

Sometimes you have to be strong. Stand tall, defiant. Until we begin to rediscover what humility actually is, we’re going to be in for a lot of headaches. We’re called to be just, not necessarily nice.

This difficult-to-translate root (pra-) means more than “meek.” Biblical meekness is not weakness but rather refers to exercising God’s strength under His control – i.e. demonstrating power without undue harshness.

[The English term “meek” often lacks this blend – i.e. of gentleness (reserve) and strength.]

4236praótēs– properly, temperate, displaying the right blend of force and reserve (gentleness). 4236/praótēs (“strength in gentleness”) avoids unnecessary harshness, yet without compromising or being too slow to use necessary force.

People accuse Assad of using chemical weapons on people. One can’t use chemical weapons under international law.

But did Assad? I don’t know. I don’t mean to put on a conspiracy hat, but this whole thing feels staged. A false flag, even. I hope not.

President Trump launched 59 tomahawk missiles at a base. No Russians died and I’ve not heard about non-Russians dying.

It was too soon for me to support this. Especially when we don’t know who did it. What if Assad didn’t?

Assad is the only one in that area who protects Christian and Yazidi minorities. I don’t want to see him displaced. I don’t want to see more Christians, Yazidis and more, dying. Especially until we know if he did.

I wonder. Is this posturing? Now Trump, Assad and Putin are likely to meet to discuss what to do.

It showed that Trump is not a “Russian plant” or whatever. Not that anyone with any sense believes that.

I hope this is the case. I don’t want to see Trump going to war. For someone who was non-interventionist for ~30 years, this seems… odd.

There is nothing that I can say about this other than I am disgusted by the act. Like any sane person would be. I noticed, though: there was a lot of glee about this attack. From “laugh reacts” on live feeds on Facebook to more.

I saw a lot of glee from SJWs. ‘They deserve it,’ they said, ‘because of how they treat homosexuals.’

So that makes it okay, does it? Huh. I forgot many on the left only virtue signal. They have no sympathy for what happens. I doubt they even care about homosexuals. Or anyone else. They’re just useful right now. But I’m changing topics.

No flag of Russia lit up on European monuments. Yet.

So far nothing:

in London

on the Eiffel Tower

on Brandenburg Gate

or even on the Empire State Building

Tel Aviv did, though. Bless them.

Right now, nobody has claimed responsibility. Rumours are spreading. Conspiracy theories are everywhere.